Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera. There are 4 extant families in Pompiloidea.

Eusapyga verticalis

Families

The extinct family Burmusculidae, known from Cretaceous amber, is also placed here.

Further reading

  • Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). . Zootaxa. 3703: 51–62. doi:. ISSN .
  • Goulet, H.; Huber, J., eds. (1993). . Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E.
  • Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28: 80–112. CiteSeerX . doi:. ISSN .

External links

  • Media related to Pompiloidea at Wikimedia Commons